Decode the Cisco Catalyst 4500E–Enterprise-Class Campus Platform

Are you familiar with this cool enterprise-class Catalyst 4500-E series? The Cisco 4500E Series is a next-generation extension to the Cisco 4500 Series.

“Catalyst 4500” LifeCycle

Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series

The new Cisco E-Series is composed of the Catalyst 4500E Series supervisor engines, E-Series line cards, and E-Series chassis, which are designed for a high-performance, mobile, and secure user experience with superior backward and forward compatibility, delivering exceptional investment protection for organizations of all sizes.

Cisco Catalyst 4500E–Designed from the ground up for High Availability

Unprecedented Investment Protection–Backward and Forward Compatible

Catalyst 4500E Architecture

New Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series Chassis

E-Series Chassiscome in four different form factors: 3-slot (4503-E), 6-slot (4506-E), 7-slot (4507R+E), and 10-slot (4510R+E).

There are three main supervisor engines WS-X45-SUP7-E, WS-X45-SUP7L-E and WS-X45-SUP8-E available now for Cisco Catalyst 4500 E-Series.

NewSupervisor Engine 8-E is hardware ready to provide up-to 20G of wireless termination. It is the next generation of enterprise-class switching engine and provides full convergence between wired and wireless networks on a single platform.

And the three supervisor engines–8-E, 7-E, and 7L-Ework only with E-Series chassis.

Why do we need to Migrating to Cisco Catalyst 4500-E Switches with Supervisors 7-LE and 8-E? What are the benefits we can get from this Migrating?

Previous Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series

Benefits of Migrating to Catalyst 4500-E Series with Supervisors 7-LE and 8-E

More Tips:A VSS combines a pair of switches into a single network element. It requires 2 chassis with 2 supervisors; the benefit is not only for the chassis redundancy, but also to double the system bandwidth in order to increase overall system performance.

The Cisco 4500E Series has two DC power options: one is optimized for data-only deployments in service provider central offices (part number PWR-C45-1400DC), and the other is used for high-power PoE deployments (PWR-C45-1400DC-P). All DC power supplies are designed to operate between -44 and -72 VDC.

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